I didn’t know about this 2-ton elephant seal Minazo until i saw some amusing pics of him with a bucket and his tongue hanging out that made him look special. He kinda reminded me of a character out of a Studio Ghibli movie, like Spirited Away or My Neighbor Totoro.

Anyway, Minazo lived in some aquarium in Japan is famous for being the biggest elephant seal in captivity and liked to carry around a bucket of fish, i am guessing for snacking purposes. He supposedly was also very shy which is surprising because I’ve seen elephant seals fight on The Blue Planet series and they get buck wild bloody. He died in 2005 and Merzbow released a two volume Minazo tribute album with artwork of him sitting on a cloud with bucket in hand.

Somewhat related, I believe the same Japanese aquarium that Minazo lived at is where these poor walruses with big mock cellphones currently reside.